OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570325
BURN,PILOT LIGHT,COMPRESSED GAS,GAS LEAK,PROPANE,PROPANE TRUCK,INATTENTION
Event description
BURNED BY PROPANE GAS FIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DELIVERING PROPANE GAS TO SOME PORTABLE CYLINDERS WITH A BULK DE THE EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD NOT TO USE THE BULK TRUCK TO FILL GAS CYLINDERS. ALSO, TH EY WERE NOT AWARE OF HIS PRESENCE AT THIS SITE. LIVERY TRUCK. THE HOSE HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED AND PLACED ON THE GROUND NEARBY. TH E DUST PLUG HAD NOT BEEN PLACED IN THE VALVE END. THE WATER HEATER PILOT, LOCATE D OUTSIDE, IS PRESUMED NOT TO HAVE BEEN CLOSED OFF COMPLETELY, PERMITTING GAS TO LEAK AND BE IGNITED BY THE PILOT. IT IS PRESUMED THAT THE EMPLOYEE OPENED THE H OSE VALVE IN PANIC, RATHER THAN CLOSING IT, PERMITTING A LARGE QUANTITY OF GAS T O BE DISCHARGED, EVEN GETTING SOME ON HIS BODY. THE RESIDENT MANAGER AT THE DELI VERY SITE HAD NO INFORMATION AS TO THE EVENT. THE "REGO" GAS VALVE, TESTED BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, WAS FOUND TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 1
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